Waldemar Herdt (born 28 November 1962) is a German politician for the right-wing populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) party and former member of the Bundestag (2017âÂÂ2021).
Herdt was born 1962 in Zhetikara District, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union and a leading member of the factious and evangelical Party of Bible-abiding Christians before he entered the AfD in 2013.
Herdt became a member of the Bundestag after the German federal election on 24 September 2017.
Herdt was member of the AfD so called "Syria Contact-group", a pro-Assad activist group of AfD MPs. Jürgen Pohl, Steffen Kotre, Udo Hemmelgarn, Frank Pasemann and right-wing extremist John Hoewer were also part of the group. Assad's regime fell on 8 December 2024.